Billie Yorke
Adeline "Billie" Yorke (born December 19, 1910 , † December 9, 2000 ) was a British tennis player of the 1930s and five-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments .
Career
Yorke won the international French tennis championships three times in a row from 1936 to 1938 and the Wimbledon championships in women's doubles in 1937 , each time with French Simonne Mathieu as a doubles partner.
In her career record she also had a success in mixed, in 1936 with the French Marcel Bernard at Wimbledon.
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SURNAME | Yorke, Billie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yorke, Adeline |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1910 |
DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 2000 |